Suu Kyi's party 'to be dissolved'

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Source: al jazeera



Myanmar's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is expected to be disbanded on Thursday after it refused to re-register under controversial new election laws.

NLD officials said the party would be forced to dissolve after it failed in a final legal bid on Wednesday to have the laws annulled.

Under the legislation announced earlier this year, the party will be declared "null and void" if it does not to re-register by the end of Thursday.

The NLD has said the new laws implemented by Myanmar's military government are undemocratic.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/05/2010565313809276.html

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1. Political oppression under cover of law. nt.

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2. update, may 7: 'New party' for Myanmar opposition

Former members of the political party of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader, are reportedly planning to set up a new group to run in controversial national elections expected later this year.
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"We are planning to apply to the election commission for permission to set up a political party in a few days," Khin Maung Swe, a former NLD committee member, said.

Asked about the fate of the NLD, he said: "It's gone - no matter what keep saying."

The new NDF party will be chaired by Than Nyein and involve former NLD figures Win Naing and Thein Nyunt, he said.

al jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/05/2010573940795953.html